ACS, community groups welcome potential volunteers

By Ron Giofu

With many community groups in need of new volunteers, a local service organization helped them with recruiting.

Amherstburg Community Services (ACS) held a volunteer recruitment fair last Wednesday evening in the community room of their space within the Amherstburg Community Hub. A dozen local organization – 11 of them being non-profit – attended the twohour fair with representatives from ACS, LaSalle-Windsor Special Olympics, Community Living Essex County, the Park House Museum, the Rotary Club of Amherstburg, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Royal Canadian Legion Br. 157, the House Youth Centre, Miracle League of Amherstburg, Amherstburg Food and Fellowship Mission, the Gibson Gallery as well as the Town of Amherstburg’s tourism department being the participants.

Amherstburg Community Services executive director Kathy DiBartolomeo pointed out that this year is the organization’s 50th anniversary and ACS wanted to do something as part of the celebrations to assist other organizations. She noted they need volunteers like all of the groups, but they wanted to incorporate other organizations that need assistance as well.

“We decided to give back to the community as part of our 50th anniversary celebrations,” DiBartolomeo explained. “We need volunteers too but we thought it would be a good idea to lend a hand and help other volunteer organizations.”

Stephanie Pouget-Papak, curator of the Park House Museum, said she had several people interested in helping them out. She pointed out it is also a milestone year for the museum.

“We’ve been around 50 years,” said Pouget-Papak. “We always need volunteers. The more, the merrier.”

Pouget-Papak added she enjoyed seeing the groups get together in one place.

“It’s great. I love seeing all of our volunteer organizations come together,”

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